Sam de Bendern

🇫🇷🇺🇦 “Ukraine needs weapons now”

@samdebendern.bsky.social warns that France – #Ukraine air defense deal won’t have immediate effect on the battlefield.

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Ukraine’s arms deal with France faces major hurdles before it can be realized Although the deal sends a powerful political signal, it will change very little on the ground for Ukraine in the short term.

While Ukraine's latest arms deal with France sends a powerful political signal, it will unfortunately change very little on the ground for Ukraine in the short term - writes @samdebendern.bsky.social in her latest expert comment for @chathamhouse.org.

www.chathamhouse.org/2025/11/ukra...

Trump says he will meet Putin in Alaska next Friday to discuss Ukraine war US president said end to war will involve ‘some swapping of territories’ before announcing meeting

Putin in Alaska: will Trump give him Alaska in the territory swapping exercise he mentioned ? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Vous avez raison. Et c’est pour ça que la guerre Iran Israël arrange bien Poutine

merci pour le repost!

Merci!!!

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RFK Jr and Statistics:

Last Thursday on France 24

Thank you 🥰

Путин выразил готовность к сотрудничеству с США по редкоземельным металлам Трамп ранее заявил об «огромных запасах» таких элементов у России

Putin: “we are discussing joint development of rare earths wtih the Americans, including in the new territories.” Exactly what I have been saying for over a week www.vedomosti.ru/business/art...

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No weekend for me. Wanted to take the day off but my cat is reminding me that important things are happening.

‼️💸 Bribe Baby Bribe 💵 💰🙈https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/pausing-foreign-corrupt-practices-act-enforcement-to-further-american-economic-and-national-security/

J’ai mis une vidéo de ma discussion avec de Villiers hier soir.

Fighting the French Far Right’s adoration of Trump’s so called peace plan. Defending Ukraine is about defending Europe

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The show goes on in Belarus. Here is my comment for Al-Jazeera

How Kadyrov became so powerful, and why Chechnya remains vital for survival of Putin's regime In December 1994, Russian troops launched a brutal and eventually unsuccessful military campaign against Chechen rebels, effectively beginning the First Chechen War. Thirty years later and two wars s...

Some thoughts on Kadyrov’s role in Putin’s shadow diplomacy in my itw with the Kyiv Independent kyivindependent.com/30-years-sin...

The West is pushing Ukraine toward concessions that will backfire French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Premier Donald Tusk met on Dec. 12 in Warsaw. High on the agenda was how to support Ukraine in the “new Transatlantic context.” On the sidelines of the visi...

My Oped in the Kyiv Independent kyivindependent.com/the-west-is-...

Strong words from @landsbergis.bsky.social @chathamhouse.bsky.social
Europe lacks a clear vision and has no strategic plan for its own security.

Europe needs to realise it is already at war

Livestream now www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...

ISW:

🇷🇺🇸🇾 Even if #Russia maintains some or all of its bases in #Syria, it is a major geopolitical loss for Moscow, as Russia’s continued basing in Syria will be at the mercy of Syrian opposition groups that the Kremlin previously used to call terrorists.

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But what about the Russian ships? They can’t go via the Black Sea - no military ships allowed. Via Europe and Baltic Sea 🧐?

While the world is on fire all is chaos on the Western front: US in transition, a teetering Germany and the French government has just collapsed. More popcorn anyone ? Or is something stronger required

Let’s hope no jealous wives or spurned mistresses of cheating Russian ministers get hold of the launch codes.

A gloating Putin congratulates glum senior military industrial complex officials and top MOD staff - including Minister Beloussov who looks as though he's attending a funeral - for the succesful "test" of the Oreshkin missile. Something amiss in the Kremlin? kremlin.ru/events/presi...

I watched the whole video. The glum expression on the faces of all present - apart from Putin with his gloating smile - wouldn't look out of place at a funeral.

Dnipro. One year ago exactly

US Embassy in Kyiv temporarily closes due to 'potential significant' Russian strike on Nov. 20 "Out of an abundance of caution, the Embassy will be closed, and Embassy employees are being instructed to shelter in place," the statement read.

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